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    Home » Recipes » Sweet Brunch

    Published: May 21, 2020 by Nicole This post may contain affiliate links.

    Easy Crescent Roll Danishes

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    Crescent danishes are a delicious breakfast treat (or snack) but making them at home can be exhausting. From scratch recipes often take over 8 hours for the dough alone! This recipe uses a quick cooking hack to make delicious danishes in under 30 minutes.

    three danishes on a plate with orange juice and more danishes in back

    I love eating danishes and making them at home means that I can add whatever I want to the top and have them taste incredible every time. Not only that, but eating a warm cream cheese crescent roll breakfast danish fresh from the oven is always awesome!

    This recipe lets you have full creative control and it's frugal too!

    What makes this crescent roll danish recipe even better is that it's so easy to make the kids can help out too! So give everyone a few and make breakfast a team effort. They'll enjoy helping and you'll feel great knowing they're making something that they actually WANT to eat.

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    • 🥘 Ingredients
    • 🍽 Equipment Needed
    • 🔪 Instructions
    • 🍴 Recipe Tips
    • 💭 FAQs
    • 📖 Recipe
    hand holding danish up above platter

    🥘 Ingredients

    • Canned Crescent Rolls
    • Cream Cheese
    • Vanilla Extract
    • Powdered Sugar

    Optional Toppings:

    • Jam
    • Maraschino Cherries
    • Fresh Fruit

    🍽 Equipment Needed

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    • Baking sheet
    • Wire cooling rack
    • Small bowl
    • Measuring cups
    • Measuring spoons

    🔪 Instructions

    Check out how to make crescent roll danishes with these simple step-by-step instructions:

    In a small bowl combine your cream cheese, vanilla extract, and powdered sugar until smooth. Set aside.

    Open your can of crescent rolls, detach them from one another and then pick one up.

    On the flat side of the triangle, grab the tip and the bottom of the wide end and roll them around to meet, forming an open circle.

    fingers pressing down corners to meet

    Push them together to close in that gap and they take the top of the wide part of the triangle (it should be pointing straight up right now) and bring it around to make a bowl.

    hand folding the crescent dough into a bowl

    Push the sides down so that it's no longer a bowl, but a flat circle.

    hand pressing the dough circle down into a bowl shape

    Spread out the dough a little as needed to make a slightly bigger circle.

    pressed crescent roll bowl ready for filling

    Place onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet.

    danish circles without filling on baking sheet

    Using a spoon, grab a small amount of cream cheese (about half a spoon size, or half a tablespoon of cream cheese and place it in the center. If you don't wish to add anything else, you can double this amount.

    raw danishes on parchment lined baking sheet

    Add a small amount of jam (sam amount as cream cheese) or add a few pieces of fresh fruit or cherries. You don't need to rub anything around, just place them in the center so that they aren't too close to the edges.

    Bake for 12-15 minutes at 350F degrees.

    cooked danishes on parchment lined baking sheet

    Let cool on a wire rack and place the baking sheet beneath it.

    aerial view of danishes on wire rack

    If desired-In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar and milk or water to create a glaze, drizzle the glaze over the top, letting the sheet collect the mess.

    Serve and enjoy.

    danishes on a oval shaped platter

    🍴 Recipe Tips

    I recommend using the already cut triangle crescent rolls because they roll up more easily and require less work. For a crescent roll sheet, you'll need to cut it into 2 or 3 inch strips and then roll it up and flatten it to get a similar look.

    When you go to add the cream cheese and jam, it's going to feel like you don't have much on there, and I completely understand, but as you can see from the progress pictures included on this page, they spread and cover more surface area as they bake.

    💭 FAQs

    How long do crescent roll danishes last?

    If stored in the fridge, you can get these danishes to last up to a week and still be good. Just make sure that you let them cool completely before storing them so that they don't become soggy.

    Can I freeze crescent danishes?

    These danishes can be frozen after they've cooled off. Just freeze them flat on a baking sheet and wrap each one individually and place them in an airtight container for up to 3 months. Alternatively, you can lay them flat and put a piece of parchment paper in between each layer.

    three dansihes on a plate with one missing a bite and more danishes and orange juice in back

    Other awesome breakfast recipes to try soon!

    • Strawberry Cream Cheese Turnovers
    • Baked Scrambled Eggs
    • Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cream Cheese Syrup
    • How to Make Frozen Hashbrowns
    • French Toast Kabobs
    • Puff Pastry Egg Tart
    • Blueberry Muffin in a Mug

    📖 Recipe

    Crescent Roll danishes
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    5 from 1 vote

    Easy Crescent Roll Danishes

    Super easy and delicious crescent roll danishes that you can customize to your own tastebuds.
    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 15 mins
    Total Time 25 mins
    Servings: 8 servings
    Calories: 140kcal
    Cost Recipe $2.75 / Serving $0.34
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    Equipment

    • Baking Sheet
    • Wire Cooling Rack
    • Small Bowl
    • Measuring Cups
    • Measuring Spoons

    Ingredients

    • 4 oz cream cheese, softened ($0.99)
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract ($0.01)
    • ¼ cup powdered sugar ($0.02)
    • 2 cans crescent roll dough ($1.64)

    Optional Toppings

    • Strawberry Jam
    • Blackberry Jam
    • Sliced Almonds
    • Fresh Berries
    • Maraschino Cherries

    Glaze

    • ¼ cup powdered sugar ($0.02)
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ($0.02)
    • 3-4 tablespoon milk or water ($0.05)
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    Instructions

    • In a small bowl combine your cream cheese, vanilla extract, and ¼ cup powdered sugar until smooth.
    • Open your can of crescent rolls, detach them from one another and then pick one up. On the flat side of the triangle, grab the tip and the bottom of the wide end and roll them around to meet, forming an open circle.
    • Push them together to close in that gap and they take the top of the wide part of the triangle (it should be pointing straight up right now) and bring it around to make a bowl.
    • Push the sides down so that it's no longer a bowl, but a flat circle. Creating a small lip/rim around the edge is also a nice idea although not necessary.
    • Using a spoon, grab a small amount of cream cheese (about half a spoon sized amount), or half a tablespoon of cream cheese and place it in the center. If you don't wish to add anything else, you can just double this amount.
    • Add a small amount of jam (same amount as cream cheese) or add a few pieces of fresh fruit or cherries. You don't need to rub anything around, just place them in the center so that they aren't too close to the edges. They'll move and expand their coverage area as they bake.
    • Pick up the danish and place it on a baking sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes at 350F degrees.
    • Let them cool on a wire rack and place the baking sheet beneath it.
    • In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk or water to create a glaze, drizzle the glaze over the top, letting the sheet collect the mess. Add the glaze while they're warm so that you don't have to wait so long for them to cool.
    • Serve and enjoy.

    Notes

    I recommend using the already cut triangle crescent rolls because they roll up more easily and require less work.
    For a crescent roll sheet, you'll need to cut it into 2 or 3 inch strips and then roll it up and flatten it to get a similar look.
    When you go to add the cream cheese and jam, it's going to feel like you don't have much on there, and I completely understand, but as you can see from the progress pictures included on this page, they spread and cover more surface area as they bake.

    Storage

    If stored in the fridge, you can get these danishes to last up to a week and still be good. Just make sure that you let them cool completely before storing them so that they don't become soggy.
    These danishes can be frozen after they've cooled off. Just freeze them flat on a baking sheet and wrap each one individually and place them in an airtight container for up to 3 months. Alternatively, you can lay them flat and put a piece of parchment paper in between each layer.

    Nutritional Information

    Serving: 2crescents | Calories: 140kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 246mg | Potassium: 14mg | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 100IU | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1mg
    Author NicoleDurham
    Course Breakfast
    Cuisine American
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